How Lee Kuan Yew sees Malaysia in 20 years' time
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% |0 S g. w6 E- K! m, {: D; u4 MThe clear and present danger
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If the Doomsday prediction never comes true, New Zealand will remain asTVBNOW 含有熱門話題，最新最快電視，軟體，遊戲，電影，動漫及日常生活及興趣交流等資訊。9 T+ p$ e4 Q; I5 `) m& X
picturesque after a hundred years, with cows and goats roaming all over
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A hundred years later, Singapore 's foundation will remain rock solid.
$ E6 q/ N9 J( p4 T( L% g公仔箱論壇The tiny city-state will continue to lure new immigrants, and manyTVBNOW 含有熱門話題，最新最快電視，軟體，遊戲，電影，動漫及日常生活及興趣交流等資訊。) ?$ d' t/ J( d" p
new-generation Singaporeans will see their lineages traced back to thoseTVBNOW 含有熱門話題，最新最快電視，軟體，遊戲，電影，動漫及日常生活及興趣交流等資訊。 r5 E; F2 E* d, N5 _9 F" a. d
of migrants.TVBNOW 含有熱門話題，最新最快電視，軟體，遊戲，電影，動漫及日常生活及興趣交流等資訊。7 l. T2 c+ R- d8 m5 ^, Z& g0 o
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How about Malaysia a hundred years from now?tvb now,tvbnow,bttvb4 t% ~4 Z7 \' T
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Lee Kuan Yew did not seem to see things that far. He only set his sighttvb now,tvbnow,bttvb+ G; h* v' t% N# v
20 years later.
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9 s1 D/ g) J0 f5 _1 S0 f3 S公仔箱論壇He said all constituencies in Malaysia would be dominated by the Malays
) h7 r+ Y: R7 {! ~ C6 e* Qin 20 years' time, and the leadership in this country would value the
, r; t1 n f! O8 \os.tvboxnow.comChinese population less and less.
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The Chinese population would continue to slide, he added, not because of
7 V; R8 K) Z2 i) }4 h; g; `7 w |公仔箱論壇the pathetically low fertility rates among the Chinese in this country,
" P8 s9 h r3 D% |, |$ q/ Pbut because those who could afford would have sent their children
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& w% h* `7 Y6 p6 r# @9 Z; }"And those migrating to Malaysia will be from Islamic states, making the
; Y4 Y. M- Z% D2 n* m7 f' ?country's Islamisation inclination more and more pronounced."
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5 @- e7 j: I5 bStatistics don't lie, and the current political and social ecosystemstvb now,tvbnow,bttvb. f& q& B& }7 ]5 c$ S
are not here without a reason.; n2 I2 `. n, z& Y- e: b
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MM Lee's predictions are by no means novel. But his well-thought remarks
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If this is what the country should look like 20 years from now, we cantvb now,tvbnow,bttvb. \+ j4 r$ f" Y1 W( J' I2 h: _
imagine Chinese Malaysians to be like apes in a forest sanctuary a公仔箱論壇" z- i0 }. `. x& A2 _, |
hundred years down the road, where we need to sharpen our eyesight to公仔箱論壇* s: f4 p2 a8 J6 x9 j2 `2 g: {
carefully scan through the entire swathe of forest before we can catch a公仔箱論壇) N! `- Y$ K# |; A
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6 |6 X& j: x( m, CThat comparison is, most certainly, exaggerated, but I really hope we
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The ratio of Chinese population in this country has been on steadytvb now,tvbnow,bttvb* M5 t" z0 n: H) y. ]
decline over the decades; so has their political status here. Very soon,
4 i4 J) ?3 f$ \- C" Mos.tvboxnow.comthey will be completely engulfed by the powerful waves of aggressive
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This is the pessimistic side of the outlook of their destiny.- G! F2 q) l' U% m( R& ^+ ~
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But Chinese Malaysians cannot afford to go on this way, and wait1 _$ q- d' C7 q3 f# G
helplessly for such a destiny to befall them.
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They have to take the initiative to accentuate their own strengths and
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predestination.
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) R7 y" {$ v( y2 x( M公仔箱論壇The next ten years will be key to the future destiny of Chinese
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ethnically-oriented and religiously inclined, the future of ChineseTVBNOW 含有熱門話題，最新最快電視，軟體，遊戲，電影，動漫及日常生活及興趣交流等資訊。$ ~7 J: A; `# g/ U2 [# D1 C
community is well within our imagination, and Chinese Malaysians will
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% Y2 i2 i7 p% i* \On the other hand, if community-centric ideologies get diluted,
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So will Malaysia .
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* k8 u; |8 A; Q, _) e' Telement for new-generation Chinese to secure a place in this land, willTVBNOW 含有熱門話題，最新最快電視，軟體，遊戲，電影，動漫及日常生活及興趣交流等資訊。1 M/ d, r( o! F9 M9 [- K6 q
be their very own competitiveness.tvb now,tvbnow,bttvb) f/ }; s; c6 E& ~$ e; ^: w
+ g7 u' K6 k' x" L m1 o/ aos.tvboxnow.comIn this age of globalisation, when national boundaries are increasingly
( s7 ~, t2 E$ j% WTVBNOW 含有熱門話題，最新最快電視，軟體，遊戲，電影，動漫及日常生活及興趣交流等資訊。obscured, people will find a greener pasture beyond our shores if our
3 {8 e$ c2 F' u* b% O3 F公仔箱論壇internal conditions remain this bleak.
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0 y, T# L- W7 i4 }We cannot afford to talk about what will happen to us a hundred years
$ H) p* h' r; O* o+ W! c( ]os.tvboxnow.comfrom now. We need to buck up and fight for our near-term opportunities.
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Meaningless and unnecessary squabbles, like the one currently takingtvb now,tvbnow,bttvb0 U6 t& w$ I9 Y5 ]) W
place within MCA, will only serve to bog down the pace of the Chinese
: o5 _: i+ f3 M' ?公仔箱論壇community further, blurring their vision of the clear and present
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. s* r" A/ N; G( yos.tvboxnow.comWhat the Chinese community urgently needs right now is high-calibre and
* l; S1 k" q; @( t& H公仔箱論壇farsighted leadership, not one engrossed with endless infighting. |
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